Education in a deepest sense has always been about doing rather than about knowing.

Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories.

Learning happens when someone wants to learn, not when someone wants to teach.

In the end all we have...are stories and methods of finding and using those stories.

Interest is a terrible thing to waste.

Schools in the future will be judged less because of the credentials that they bestow, and more because of the experiences that they offer.

Learning is about failure and recovery from failure.

Everything they teach in school is oriented so that they can test it to show that you know it, instead of taking note of the obvious, which is that people learn by doing what people want to do.

The dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. work is the key to success, and hard work can help you accomplish anything.

I try to be mindful in my daily life, trying to stay more present and have more intention. It keeps me calm, and I feel less whipped about by my emotions.

The universe is a vast system of exchange. Every artery of it is in motion, throbbing with reciprocity, from the planet to the rotting leaf.

If you can’t out iterate someone who is trying to copy you, you’re toast anyway.

In front of you I commit myself to serve my country with devotion.

I found my voice in books.

Hollywood is just a bunch of people going around in Learjets to other people asking them if they've got any money? Well, they might have if they didn't spend it all on jets.

Think about how much skateboarding opens your eyes to see the world differently.

For punches I never really choose, I take whatever opportunity is given to me. If it's a left, I'll take it. If it's a right I'll take it.

I know now that having regular checkups and mammograms are key to a healthy lifestyle.